Ethnicity of France’s 2018 World Cup Team

Country of a player’s ethnicity. Student’s Name:______Label each country that is colored. Class Period:______Date:______Questions to answer about the completed map… 2018 France World Father's Mother's Country 1. Why would there be players on the team with ethnic Cup Team Ethnic Ethnic backgrounds from other European countries, e.g., Spain, of Birth Germany, and Portugal? Members Background Background Alphonse Areloa Philippines Philippines France Ousmane Dembele Mauritania Mauritania France

Nabil Fakir Algeria Algeria France 2. Why would there be players on the team with ethnic Olivier Giroud France France France backgrounds from northern and western Africa? Antoine Griezmann German Portugal France Lucas Hernandez Spain France France N’Golo Kanté Mali Mali France 3. Why would there be players on the team from the Caribbean? Presnel Kimpembe DR Congo Haiti France How are these locations different than the locations in Africa? Thomas Lemar Guadeloupe Guadeloupe France Hugo Lloris Catalan France France Steve Mandanda DR Congo DR Congo DR Congo

Blaise Matuidi Angola France France 4. Why would the players born in DR Congo and Cameroon not Kylian Mbappé Cameroon Algeria France want to play for those countries’ teams? Benjamin Mendy Senegal Côte d'Ivoire France Steven Nzonzi DR Congo DR Congo France Benjamin Pavard France France France Paul Pogba Guinea Guinea France 5. How would you describe the ethnicity of France’s World Cup team? Adil Rami Morocco Morocco France Djibril Sidibé Sierra Leone Sierra Leone France Florian Thauvin France France France Corentin Tolisso Togo France France Samuel Umtiti Cameroon Cameroon Cameroon Raphaël Varane Martinique France France

Disclaimer: There is no offical source with ethnic information for each player. As a result, the above information is from numerous sources and is subject to accuray of those sources.